Men's Tennis Travels to Rice Sunday

April 6, 2012

No. 13 Oklahoma Men's Tennis
Sunday's Match	vs. No. 39 Rice
Date & Time	Sunday, April 8 at 11:00 a.m.
Location	Houston, Texas
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NORMAN, Okla. - The 13th-ranked Oklahoma men's tennis team steps out of Big 12 action to take on No. 39 Rice on Sunday, April 8 at 11 a.m.

Oklahoma (12-3, 2-0 Big 12) has won six straight after the Sooners collected a pair of conference wins last weekend over then-No. 13 Texas and 25th-ranked Texas A&M.

Following this weekends action, OU turns around and hosts No. 32 Baylor on Friday, April 13 at 6 p.m., and 23rd-ranked Texas Tech on Sunday, April 15 at 1 p.m.

RANKINGS RUNDOWN

The Sooners have four ranked in the updated ITA rankings and are led by junior Costin Paval who is the nation's No. 17 ranked tennis player. Three more Sooners -- Peerakit Siributwong (No. 82), Guillermo Alcorta (No. 90) and Dane Webb (No. 94) -- check inside the top 100.

Oklahoma began the year with all three of its tandems ranked, but after the first month two tandems remain in the rankings. Paval and Webb check in at No. 13, while Siributwong and Mihov are 71st.

Rice's lineup does not feature anyone ranked in singles or doubles.

Dual Match Records

Singles	1	2	3	4	5	6	Overall
1. Costin Paval (Jr.)	11-2						11-2
2. Guillermo Alcorta (RSo.)		8-2	3-1				11-3
3. Peerakit Siributwong (So.)			1-1	7-3	2-0		10-4
4. Tsvetan Mihov (So.)	1-0	2-2	1-6	2-1			6-9
5. David Pultr (Sr.)					3-0	4-4	7-4
6. Dane Webb (Fr.)			1-0	1-0	6-1	4-1	12-2
7. Lawrence Formentera (Jr.)						0-1	0-1

Doubles	1	2	3	Overall
1. Costin Paval/Dane Webb	11-3			11-3
2. Tsvetan Mihov/Peerakit Siributwong		12-2		12-2
3. Guillermo Alcorta/David Pultr			2-0	2-0
4. Davild Pultr/Lawrence Formentera			9-3	9-3

SOONER TENNIS NOTES

FRESHMAN PHENOM
OU freshman Dane Webb, one the nation's most highly-touted recruits, is off to a 12-2 record competing in the lineup for the Sooners. He and Paval have secured an 11-3 record at the No. 1 doubles position and are ranked 13th-nationally. In singles, Webb began the spring season ranked No. 63 and currently sits at No. 94 in the country.

BIG 12 COACHES' POLL
The Sooners trailed only Texas, who was pegged the favorites to win the conference after the Longhorn's received four first place votes and 24 points, in the first ever Big 12 Coaches' Poll. Oklahoma tallied two of the six first place votes and finished just three points (21) behind their foes from south of the Red River.

PAVAL HONORED BY BIG 12
Junior Costin Paval was ranked No. 4 nationally to begin the season and was recently honored as the Big 12 Player of the Week on April 2. Paval was instrumental in leading the Sooners to wins over No. 13 Texas and 25th-ranked Texas A&M, which helped OU jump out to a 2-0 record in Big 12 play.

The Bucharest, Romania, native opened conference action with a decisive 6-2, 6-3 win over Texas' Soren Hess-Olsen, ranked No. 64, on Friday, March 30. Following his efforts in Austin, Paval downed A&M's 29th-ranked Alexis Kelgou, 6-4, 6-0.

In doubles, Paval and freshman Dane Webb, ranked No. 13, also collected two wins over nationally ranked tandems beginning with an 8-5 win over UT's 27th-ranked Chris Camillone and David Holiner. On Sunday, April 1, the OU duo edged the Aggies' Ore and Withrow, 9-8.

PULTR RETURNS TO OKLAHOMA
David Pultr was a member of OU's team that reached the Elite Eight in 2010. The Czech Republic native went 16-9 in singles action, with the majority of his matches coming at the No. 4 position. In doubles, he and Ionut Beleleu concluded the year with a 9-11 record.

MORE GEORGIA TIES
Bo Hodge was named the assistant coach at OU on Nov. 17, 2011. Prior to Oklahoma, Hodge served as the assistant at the University of Alabama for the past three seasons. A former star for the University of Georgia before pursuing a career on the professional circuit, Hodge earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communications at UGA where he returned to complete his studies after several years on the professional tour as a player and coach.

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